We’re parsing our way through the record books, taking a look at Texas Tech football stats and going over impressive accomplishments and remarkable teams along the way. Right now, we’ve been going over some of the best offenses that Texas Tech has had since 2000. And we’ve made our way into the iconic 2008 season that so many remember so fondly.
And for good reason. This was a year that featured incredible performances from the likes of Graham Harrell, Michael Crabtree, Baron Batch, Shannon Woods, Eric Morris, Detron Lewis, and so many others. This is a group that torched defenses on a very regular basis and helped Leach get Texas Tech back to the Cotton Bowl and to 11 wins in a season.
This offense was incredible and we’re going to take a look at some of the numbers from that year. Because it’s fun.
Texas Tech football history: Long live that 2008 offense that helped elevate the Red Raiders in such an incredible way
The Red Raiders managed to score 43.8 points per game. That’s a lot of points to score across 13 games, by the way. It’s a lot of points in general. The Red Raiders were so much fun this year. They scored 569 total points this year. That’s great!
On a per game basis, this offense ran 75.3 plays and happened to rack up 531 total yards of offense. Which, you know, they ran a lot of plays, threw the ball a lot, gained a lot of yards, and scored a lot of points.
All of that tracks.
Focusing in on Harrell for a moment and we find that he managed to throw for 5111 yards and 45 touchdown passes against just nine interceptions while completing over 70 percent of his 626 pass attempts.
On the receiving side of things, Crabtree was Harrell’s favorite target as he caught a total of 97 passes that season. Those 97 passes were turned into 1165 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns. That’s a lot of touchdowns!